Mark Boleat

Sir Mark John Boleat is a British businessman and politician who was a deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee from 2017 to 2019 and was the sole leader of the abolished Jersey Alliance party. He was a common councilman for the Cordwainer ward of the City of London from 2002 to 2019.
He has also been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers. He is a trustee of Centre for London.

Biography

Boleat was born in January 1949 in Jersey.
Boleat was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours. Boleat was appointed Chairman of the LINK Scheme Ltd, the company that runs the UK ATM network in early 2017. Boleat became a deputy chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee of the City of London Corporation on 3 May 2017, a position which he held until 4 May 2019.
Boleat joined the board of Arron Banks's Eldon Insurance Service Ltd on 12 June 2019.
In the 2022 Jersey election, Boleat ran in the St Clement electoral district and was Jersey Alliance's candidate for the role of Chief Minister. Boleat polled last place out of 7 candidates in the district he stood in, receiving 721 votes, and was unelected. As a result of the election, the Jersey Alliance party lost 8 seats, with only a single seat representing the party in the States Assembly, until their sole member resigned from the Party several weeks later. The party was dissolved in November 2024.